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Broccoli Pests and Disease

Harvesting
and Storing Broccoli

For the best broccoli (all types), begin to harvest before
the flowers open. Pick both
Broccoli and Calabrese regularly to ensure the heads are at their
tastiest and to encourage the formation of side-shoots.

With
Calabrese, snap or cut off the heads at the top of the stalk. Broccoli
should be cut off around half way down the stalk.

Both
Calabrese and Broccoli freeze particularly well. Blanch the spears for
about three minutes in salted water, let them cool out of the water for
five minutes and freeze them. The less water on them at the time of
freezing, the better.

They
will store in the fridge for about a week, but they are definitely at
their best when harvested and eaten on the same day.

Broccoli Pests
and Diseases

The table
below identifies the most common symptoms of broccoli pest and disease, simply click on the
pest or disease
name for more detailed information on treatment.

Name: charles wambugu E-mail: PrivateDate posted: November 26, 2010 - 04:55 am Message: I have brown spots on the tenderstem broccoli and it is destroying the foliage especially when it is raining.What remedy could you be having and I will appreciate?

Name: Denise E-mail: deevenn@hotmail.co.uk Date posted: August 28, 2010 - 08:43 am Message: I have purple sprouting brocolli plants in my vegetable garden but they are covered in caterpilars & eggs the leaves are full of holes ,should i pull out the plants which are about 2 1/2 feet hogh now or will they still be ok to leave in until next March? ,the way they are going there wont be anything left of the plant by then